Committee Descriptions
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2025 Assistant Elementary Principal of the Year Selection Committee - Committee meets once via videoconference and once at the SAI office to interview three finalists.
Volunteers needed: five elementary asst. principal/principal members, most recent recipient serves as chairperson. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Tracy Harms
2025 Assistant Secondary Principal of the Year Selection Committee - Committee meets once via videoconference and once at the SAI office to interview three finalists.
Volunteers needed: five assistant secondary principal members, 2024 recipient serves as chairperson. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Tracy Harms
2025 Central Office Administrator of the Year Selection Committee - Committee meets once via videoconference and once at the SAI office to interview three finalists.
Volunteers needed: five central office administrator members, 2024 recipient serves as chairperson. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Tracy Harms
2025 Elementary Principal of the Year Selection Committee - Committee meets once via videoconference and once at the SAI office to interview three finalists.
Volunteers needed: five elementary principal members, 2024 recipient serves as chairperson. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Tracy Harms
2025 Middle Level Principal of the Year Selection Committee - Committee meets once via videoconference and once at the SAI office to interview three finalists.
Volunteers needed: five middle level principal members, 2024 recipient serves as chairperson. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Tracy Harms
2025 Secondary Principal of the Year Selection Committee - Committee meets once via videoconference and once at the SAI office to interview three finalists.
Volunteers needed: five secondary principal members, 2024 recipient serves as chairperson. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Tracy Harms
2025 Superintendent of the Year Selection Committee - Committee meets once via videoconference and once at the SAI office to interview three finalists.
Volunteers needed: five superintendent members, 2024 recipient serves as chairperson. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Tracy Harms
Belonging, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee - Committee meets once a year via videoconference as an advisory group to provide input to SAI in the association’s efforts to educate every school leader in culturally responsive practices. (Meeting date: Feb. 20, 2025)
Volunteers needed: 20 members. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Lisa Remy
Legislative Platform Development Committee - Committee meets three to four times at the SAI office or via videoconference to assist in developing the association’s legislative platform.
Volunteers needed: 25 members. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Dave Daughton, Matt Carver, Lisa Remy
Mentoring and Induction Program Committee - Committee meets once a year via videoconference as an advisory group to provide input to the Mentoring and Induction Program. (Previous experience as a mentor or participation as a mentee valuable but not required.) (Meeting date: March 7, 2025)
Volunteers needed: 25 members. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Dana Schon and Amy Swanson
Professional Learning Advisory Committee - Committee meets twice to inform the planning and provide support for SAI's learning program, which includes annual conference and the review of submissions for Promising Practice sessions. [Meeting dates: Oct. 1, 2024 (via videoconference) and April 11, 2025 (in person at the SAI Office in Clive)]
Volunteers needed: 30 members. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Dana Schon, Al Neppl, Tracy Harms and Amy Swanson
School Law Conference Committee - Committee meets once via videoconference to plan the annual School Law Conference.
Volunteers needed: five members. SAI staff assigned to work with this committee: Matt Carver